Guide-motion for quill-winding machines.



} E.E.BRADLEY. GUIDE MOTION FOR QUILL WINDING MAGHINES.

APPLIGATION FILED 001. 2, 190a.

Patented May 25, 1909.

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W In a H APPLICATION FILED 0012,1906.

Patented May 25, 1909.

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E. E. BRADLEY. GUIDE MOTION FOR QUILL WINDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED 0'12, 1906.

Patented May 25, 1909.

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EDWARD BRADLEY, OF STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE ATWOOD-MOR-RISON COMPANY,' OF STONINGTON, CON NEG-TIGHT, A CORPORATION OF NEWJEESEYi i GUIDE-MOTION FOR QUILL-WINDING MACHINES,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25 19 0s.v

Application filed October 53, 1906. Serial N0. 337,135.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. BRADLEY, a citizen of the United States,and resident Qf Stonington, in the county of New London and State ofConnecticut, have invented-a entlyptneigh oring spindles and the reciprocatlng motion of the rod which carries the guide feed roller isoperated by a com driven by said gear.

It also contemplates a guide-eye for the thread arranged so as to bereciprocated by the rod which carries the guide roller and bodilyshifted'by the guide roller as it moves along said rod.

My invention further consists in certain features of construction andcombination of parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure '1 is a partial side elevation'of amachine show ing several of the spindles in position thereon, Fig. 2 isa vertical section in the plane of the line AA of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is anenlarged view in side elevation of the spindle and arts immediatelyconnected therewith,

ig. 4: is a top planviewof the same, Fig. 5

is an end view of the same, and Fig. 6 is a vertical ongitudinal sectionin the plane of the line -B of Fig. 4. I

The head frame which supports the series of spindles is denoted by 1 andmaybe of any well known or approved form,

.. The beltfor driving the two series of spindles is denoted by 2 and isdrivenfrom' a suitable source of power,-not shown. This belt passes, asis common, between the pullys 3 and 4 on the inner ends of the spindlesas clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Th rear part of the s indle, which carries the pulley 4,'is denoted y 5and the forward art which receives the quill isdenoted by 6.

he party 5 is mounted inaistationanyportion 7 of the frame andhas'iixed'to rotate therewith a clutch member 8 which is adapted to beengaged by a slidin clutch member 9 carried by the part 6 of t espinnary means to rotate therewith, as, for example, by a feather andgroove connection, is permitted a sliding motion on the part 6 into andout of engagement th the mom;

The quill carrying part 6 of the spindle is mountedin a frame 16 hinged"at 11 to the stationary part of the frame so as to permit the part 6 ofthe spindle to be bodily tilted toward and away from the feed guideroller; The clutch member '9 is slid toward and away from the clutchmember 8 by means of, i

a shifting arm 12 attached toja sliding. bar '13, the latter beingprovided with a spring 14 tending to throw the bar in a. position torelease the clutch member 9 from the clutch member 8, the said bar 13beingfurther provided with a hand piece 15 for forcing the bar inwardly tobring the clutch members into erwagement against the tension of thespring 14.

A. swinging frame 10' in which 'tlieduillv carrying part of the spindleis mounted is also under the influence of a torsion spring 16 tending toswing the fra and spindle carried thereby toward the ted to behereinafter described.

The part 6 of the spindle is 'further provided with a pinion 17 fixedthereon in position to engage a gear wheel 18' fixed to a rotary shaft19 mounted in suitable arm's 2Q.

and 21 projecting upwardly from the sta tionary portion of the spindleframe} v The gear 18 has fixed torotate-therewitli in) a cam 22 whichengages a bearing 23'ca1ried by the reciprocating rod 24 the atterbeingmounted as usual in. the stationary part of the Sp ndle frame; r

The rod 24 is under spi'ingltensionlby means 91 5;

of a spring 25 tendingto't row it outwardly as far as thejcam 22willpermit it aiidthe cam forces the rod inwardly against the tone' sionof the spring 25.

' The outer part of threaded portion of the rod the feedguid l roller 27isloosely mountedand is causetl 'to travel along a threaded portion 26by means die and while fixed by some suitable 0rdiguide roller hereciprocating-ind is; we screw threaded as at 26 and'ori the Screw andforth along the rod 26 independentlyjof threads.

of a latch 28 which normally occupiesits theposition shown in fulllines, Fig. 3 wit end in engagement with-the screw threads.

esired-to move the feedroller back the screw threads, the-latch 28 maybe tilted back into the osition sliown in.d'ottedlines, thus freeing t efeed guide roller from the A guide-'eye'ZQ for direct' the threads tothe quill pro'ects from is soo et piece 30 arranged to sh e on a rod 31set in the arm 21. "of the frame, the said socket 30 being provided witha bifurcated arm 32 which engalges a groove 33 in the hub of the guidero or 27 s o'as to cause "the socket 30 and.

hence the guide-eye 29 to travel bodily along with the feed guide rollerwhile, at the same .time,permitting the feed guide roller to ro- 2'0tate independently of the socket iece.- An arm 34 has a hub 35 throug.which'the T reciprodating rod 24 passes and to which the 1 .means ofa'lugi37 projecting. from its side in rod Z4=may be locked in the.desired rotar adjustment by means of a set screw 36 whic (extends throuh the hub of the arm into'en-: ga ement wit the rod. The arm 34 alsomraces the rod 31 to 'holdjthe arm against rocking motion. The sheet ofthis arm is to; 1 adjust the guide roller 302 odily nearer to or fartheraway fromthe quill and this is pro- 9 tidedfor by making the screwthreaded pertion 2601' the rod 24 eccentric to the rear part of the rod.3

'-, :The" hand piece 15 is looked in its position to .hold the clutch.members engaged by position to engage a spring actuated latch 38.

' Fhe'latch38may be operated to release the' clutch members by means ofa depending of the operator..

'. swing the quill carrying part of the spindle away from the feed guideroller when are-r39 which may be pushed bythe finger it i's desired toremove the'quill, the hand ects upwardly therefrom and engages the face0f a Mg 41 depending from. the front 'portlon of the swinging frame 10which car- '50.- adjusting screw 42 engaged in a lug 43' up- H risingfrom the hand piece 15 on the opporice :the. front portion ofthespindle. There 1s also. arranged to coact with the lug an site side ofthe lug 41.,

' v.itspu ey 4 when the hand iece 15 is pushed In operation, assumingthe rear part 5 of the s indleto'be continuously operated by inwardlytohring the clutc -mem'bers 8 and 9mm engagement, the front orv quillcarry ,ing part of the spindle willbe set to rotating 7 the cam 22which'latter, in its rotary movement, produce a reciprocatin fluent oftherodfi iand as often as't 1e guide feed roller. 27 comes in contactwith the and this Willstartthe gear wheel 18 carrying movepiecelfi isprovided. with a lug 40 which pro-.

wound thread it will be given more or less of a' turn to cause it-togradually travel along the screw threaded portion 26 of thereciprocating rod to lay thethread on the quill;

When the quill is wound the yope'rator may 'stop the 'further windin"bysimply re on thearm39 and there yreleasmgt elatc 38 and dpermittingthe hand piece to sprmg outwar spring 14 thereby releasing the clutchmembers and, at the same time, b the clutch member 9 into engagement witthe end of the pinion 17 forcing it against the y under the tension'ofits actuating frame -10, therebyputting a friction brake on p v thefurther rotary movement of the front part6 of the spindle." This outwardmove- .ment of the rod 13 carrying the hand piece- 15 will,v .at. thesame time, 'by the engagement of the lugs 40 and 41, tilt the part 60fthe s indleoutwardly into position to have tllre ed quill removed and anew one put in p ace.

.Asth e hand piece is pushed inwardly to thev clutch member intoengagement, it

,at the same time, tilt the outer ortion 6 of the spindle back intoparelle m with the reciprocatin rod carrying the guide feed roller andthis parallelism may be main.-

tained at the start and during the wear of 2. Aquillingspindle.comprising a-yfront section, means for driving the rearspindle section continuously, gmean's for connectmg and disconnectmgthefront spindle slpindle section mounted to t1lt, arear spinsection to andfrom the rear spindle section.

and a guide feed roller under the control of the frontsgpindle sectionto be bodily-moved back and orth. 3. A quilling spindle comprisinga-rearcontinuously drivensection, afront-du receivmg sectionmounted to tilt,means for connecting. the quillreceiving section to and disconnecting itfrom the rear section, a reciprocating rod, a guide food roller carriedby the rod and a cam geared with the {rent spindle section forreciprocating'the rod.

4. In combination, a two-part spindle,

.meansior continuously driving one offithe parts, means for tilting theother part meansfor locking the vother'part to an meansfor releasing itfrom the continuously driven part, a reciprocating rod, a guide feedroller mounted on the reciprocating rod, :2 my invcnticn, I have signedmy name cam controlled by the front spindle section i resencc of twcwitnesacs, this 18th day of for reciprocating the said rod, and a thread.bsptembcr, N906.

eye engaged with the guidc feed roller and 5 mounted to slide back andforth in unison with the roller.

In testimony; that I claim the foregoing as,

. EDWARD E BRAULEY. Witmsses:

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